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  1. Communicating Your Science With Help From ComSciCon

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    ...as they do science outreach and engage with the public, and learn from the process of writing papers and...broader impacts for their work in education and policy and to draw attention and support to work in their...before you complete your work. If you’re giving a public talk, ask a friend who works in a different field...
  2. Antibodies 101: Monoclonal Antibodies

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    ...cells and antibody-producing B cells that cannot replicate, meaning that only hybridomas will survive this... Antibodies: Distinguishing Characteristics, Applications, and Information Resources. ILAR Journal 46:... the Addgene blog Learn more about research applications for antibodies in Intro to Antibodies Read about...
  3. GPCRs: How Do They Work and How Do We Study Them?

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    ...hormones, neurotransmitters, photons or odorants, to elicit downstream signaling cascades.  So let’s break ...transmembrane domain receptors, due to the seven alpha helices that transverse the cellular membrane. The receptor...engineered receptors to interact with small molecules to elicit a response in a certain cell type. Chemogenetics...
  4. CasPEDIA: A Functional Classification of Cas Enzymes

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    ...properties, previously established uses, and intended applications. Within CasPEDIA, there is a classification ...multiplex ability Experimental guidelines and applications Protein structure and properties Links to ...you want to read literature on the less common applications of an enzyme for your non-traditional experiment...
  5. How Addgene Creates Content

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    ...antibody and content team, we identified what applications should be included and what basic information...through an editing process and final check before publication.   Do research! Nearly everything we write entails...make figures in BioRender or use appropriately licensed and cited figures from papers or image sharing...
  6. Building and Validating Recombinant Antibodies: A Case Study

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    ...sequences. Fusion PCR was performed to create an amplicon that  was cloned into a plasmid backbone for expression...to make the sequences of monoclonal antibodies publicly available. The Neuro Mab Sequencing Initiative...Trimmer lab hybridoma collection and make them publicly available. The lab has also expanded their recombinant...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: The AAV Retrograde Serotype

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    ...demonstrated that pathways projecting to the inferior colliculus (IC) are differentially transduced when using...not yet understood, one thing is clear: this application opens a lot of doors in neuroscience. The retrograde...retrograde serotype also has promising therapeutic applications; it can enhance therapeutic delivery across ...
  8. RaPID Detection of RNA-protein Interactions

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    ...subtracted from Ramanathan et al.’s RaPID datasets. Applications of RaPID RaPID sounds like a nifty technique...help answer? Ramanathan et al. outline three applications of RaPID: Discovery. To discover novel RNA-... that QKI is a host protein critical to Zika replication. Human genetic disease. RaPID can also be used...
  9. Visualizing Protein Turnover In Situ

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    ... FUNCAT Professor Schuman’s technique applies metabolic labeling using a noncanonical amino acid, azidohomoalanine...methionine. The labeled proteins can be detected using click-chemistry that covalently links the azido containing... observed with fluorescence microscopy. This application of AHA labeling is known as fluorescence noncanonical...
  10. Channelrhodopsins with improved light sensitivity for minimally-invasive optogenetics

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    ...neuroscience method that lets you fire neurons with the flick of a light switch. Neurons are not typically persuaded... expression in cultured neurons and mouse brain slices collected following intracranial injection of an... as compared to direct injection. This lower multiplicity of infection (MOI) makes it challenging for ...
  11. RNA Extraction Without A Kit

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    ...of DNA that can potentially complicate results of a downstream application such as quantitative PCR to...is to precipitate the RNA using lithium chloride. LiCl solutions selectively precipitate RNA, but not DNA...
  12. CRISPR 101: Cas9 vs. The Other Cas(s)

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    ... out large regions of DNA and has anti-viral application potential as a result. Fast facts – PAM requirement...self-process pre-crRNA into crRNA). The size and simplicity of Cas12a makes it easier to package for therapeutic... has been proposed to be useful for the same applications (RNA knockdown, RNA editing, etc.). The main...
  13. The Future of Research Symposium Boston 2015

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    ...and in the intersection between science and public policy. Follow David on Twitter @driglar.     References...professor of economics at the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University, is an expert...
  14. Working with Nuclear Receptors

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    ...the body through the bloodstream, and eventually elicit their actions on other tissues. At the Nuclear ...a broad range of reproductive, developmental, metabolic, and immune response programs. NRs also encompass...gallstone disease, senescent illnesses, and the metabolic syndrome. Coregulators Coregulators constitute...
  15. Tips for Technical Support Calls

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    ...originally described in a peer-reviewed scientific publication. We love science, but we don’t have the resources...be fairly fast, getting the full answer to a complicated question may take some time. If the customer ...message Answering customer service questions is a delicate balance of knowledge, patience, and diplomacy,...
  16. Plasmids 101: Modular Cloning

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    ...multi-purpose it can be. Let’s review a list of MoClo applications. Genetic circuits Most things in biology are...genotype and phenotype is best described with “it’s complicated.” Applying MoClo Interested in using MoClo? You...imagine, there is an array of distinct goals within metabolic engineering, synthetic product production, and...
  17. Simple CRISPR-based Epigenetic Editing: dCas9-directed DNA Demethylation

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    ... when DNMT1 methylates the genome during DNA replication, it doesn’t methylate sites blocked by dCas9....for dCas9 to interfere with DNMT1 even through replication. The dCas9 also needs to be removeable, otherwise...doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25991-9. Spruijt CG, Gnerlich F, Smits AH et al. (2013) Dynamic readers for ...
  18. A New Generation of Adenine Base Editors Improves Editing in Primary Human Cells

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    ... reduced off-target editing frequencies. For applications that require high DNA editing specificity, for...deamination, an important attribute for therapeutic application. ABE8s demonstrate an overall improved base editing...editors with increased activity and therapeutic application. Nature Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1038...
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